Originally posted by Zahlanzi It's monday again so you get another dose of John Oliver.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3saU5racsGE
Summed up: Special districts take your money with little to no oversight and are almost impossible to destroy.
Special districts are creatures of state government. The state oversees them and they are accountable to the same people to whom the state government is accountable. If the state doesn't like them, the state is empowered to modify them or shut them down. They're not almost impossible to destroy. The state legislature can destroy them with one fell swoop.
Outside of major cities, public schools are run in districts. While I'm sure some districts run them badly, on the whole.they don't run any less efficiently than other government operations.
Originally posted by sh76 Special districts are creatures of state government. The state oversees them and they are accountable to the same people to whom the state government is accountable. If the state doesn't like them, the state is empowered to modify them or shut them down. They're not almost impossible to destroy. The state legislature can destroy them with one fell swoop.
Out ...[text shortened]... n any less efficiently than other government operations.
In short, I see this as a non-story.
oh, bother. i forgot to put "some" in bold letters. preferably underlined and with a big font so you naturally assumed i meant all of them.
Originally posted by sh76 Special districts are creatures of state government. The state oversees them and they are accountable to the same people to whom the state government is accountable. If the state doesn't like them, the state is empowered to modify them or shut them down. They're not almost impossible to destroy. The state legislature can destroy them with one fell swoop.
Out ...[text shortened]... n any less efficiently than other government operations.
In short, I see this as a non-story.
"They're not almost impossible to destroy. The state legislature can destroy them with one fell swoop."
12:48 , quote from that Kentucky auditor: "... many types of districts may continue to exist because there is not a process for them to be dissolved".
and as an example, here is a list of districts in texas, among which some that have no dissolution process defined.
if i were a gambling man, i would wager your next reply would be about how "almost impossible to dissolve" isn't equivalent to "no process for dissolution exists" and i should be ashamed for misusing that quote.
Originally posted by sh76 Special districts are creatures of state government. The state oversees them and they are accountable to the same people to whom the state government is accountable. If the state doesn't like them, the state is empowered to modify them or shut them down. They're not almost impossible to destroy. The state legislature can destroy them with one fell swoop.
Out ...[text shortened]... n any less efficiently than other government operations.
In short, I see this as a non-story.
"The state oversees them and they are accountable to the same people to whom the state government is accountable. "
the piece shows exactly how accountable they are.
Originally posted by Zahlanzi "The state oversees them and they are accountable to the same people to whom the state government is accountable. "
the piece shows exactly how accountable they are.
Instead of griping about them on the internet, get started personally taking action to support or limit them.
07 Mar '16 12:44
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